Motorists traveling through the Brighton area will have to find a few new routes on their journeys now that the Interstate 96 ramp at Spencer Road has closed for the remainder of the construction season.

The closure to the eastbound I-96 on-ramp at Spencer came this week as part of the ongoing improvements to the I-96 and U.S. 23 interchange.

MDOT is making major safety and operational improvements to the I-96 and U.S. 23 interchange, including constructing new through-lanes on I-96 between the current eastbound and westbound lanes, building three new bridges over northbound and southbound U.S. 23 as well as over Old U.S. 23, changing the existing lanes of I-96 to collector-distributor lanes for easier and safer lane changes for ramp traffic, and rebuilding the existing six bridges over U.S. 23 and Old U.S. 23.